Obstetric and non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy: A 20-year Danish population-based prevalence study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Population-based studies on use of non-obstetric and obstetric surgical procedures during pregnancy are sparse. Therefore, our objective was to estimate the prevalence of surgery during pregnancy, including potential time trends, overall and by trimester and describe the characteristics of pregnant women undergoing surgery. DESIGN:This study is a large nationwide cohort study. SETTING:From administrative and medical databases, we obtained information about all pregnancies ending in a live birth, a stillbirth or an abortion (spontaneous and induced) in Denmark during 1996-2015. Procedures (excluding caesarean sections) conducted during pregnancy were categorised as a non-obstetric or obstetric surgery and further divided into laparoscopic or non-laparoscopic procedures. MAIN OUTC

SUBMITTER: Rasmussen AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6530408 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature